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PrefaceIntroductionChapter One: The Psychological and Sociological Causes for AtheismThe Dysfunctional or Absent Father FigureThe Dysfunctional or Absent Mother FigureThe Defective-Dysfunctional FamilyAborting GodAtheist Father and/or Mother HeroThe Dysfunctional ClericAtheism-A Pathological Response to Social DisintegrationThe Sophisticated-Recognition-Nonconformist-NeedPersonal Convenience, Self-Centeredness and HedonismComfort in Health and LifeIncomprehensible SufferingThe Atheist Persona-A Hopeless LifeChapter Two: God Belief: Good or Bad for You?Good or Bad?Predisposed to Healing?Chapter Three: Big Fancy Robots?God-gene?God Module or Switch?The God HelmetNeuroplasticity of the BrainChapter Four: Biology and Atheism Continued Superman or Deficient Being?Further Neurological InsightsThe Media and Brain DevelopmentMen vs. WomenFurther Neurological StudiesIn ConclusionChapter Five: The Spiritual Pivot: Humanness Explicated Spiritual TriggersAwakeningDark NightIllumination and EnlightenmentPurification of the Soul and the MysticalNeuroscience and the MysticalFully Human?Chapter Six: Intolerance and ViolenceHolding Back the Barbarian in UsCatholic Inquisitions, Crusades, and Religious WarsChapter Seven: Slaughtering the Scriptures in the Name of AtheismIgnorance or Dishonesty?Bible 101Chapter Eight: Encyclopedia of Prehistoric Cults?God of Myth or Philosophy?Christianizing Pagan PracticesPagan Roots for AtheismIn ConclusionChapter Nine: The Media: Atheism's Evangelizing PulpitThe Media-Expressing and Fostering the Atheist LifestyleViolenceThe Cult of the BodyCult of Self-AbuseA Medicated SocietyA Sex-Obsessed WorldDin of Vulgarity (continued)Dummying-down of SocietySubliminal SeductionLoss of EmpathyThe "god" of MaterialismThe Fostering of PassivitySuppressing the TruthMedia (in general)Chapter Ten: Science and/or Man as "god"Science as godMan as godChapter Eleven: What Science and Man Can't ExplainIntelligent Design?Biological Design?Cosmological Design?Neurological Design?Chapter Twelve: The Spiritual: Essential for the Sciences and the ArtsPriests and Religious OrdersMonksThe Church in GeneralChapter Thirteen: Atheism's BequestAbortionPost Abortion Trauma-Damaging WomenPost Abortion Trauma-Damaging FamiliesContraceptionModern Comprehensive Sex EducationPornographic SocietyPremarital Sex Same-sex Marriage Divorce-impacting the future Child Abuse-the result of the denigration of personhood and the familyNo Place for the Poor in SecularismOverpopulation-a myth promoted by hedonistic atheistsAssisted Reproduction, Genetic Engineering, Scientific ResearchEuthanasia vs. Palliative CareViolence in Society-the beginnings of the endIn ConclusionConclusion: Brain in a VatA Final Remark Appendix I: What was lost? Metaphysics and the Natural LawAppendix II: A Science-based Moral System for AtheistsBibliography

In the past, as in the present, science has explored the reasons for belief. In recent years, with the rise of categorical, practical, and militant atheism, the scientific and philosophical community has begun studying the worldview of atheism. The Atheist Persona: Causes and Consequences is a summary of the most recent research, by the best of scholars, on the subject of atheism. In an effort to create a more courteous dialogue between theists and atheists, this book acknowledges that while there are reasons for believing in God, there are also reasons for not believing in God. Atheist Persona showcases how the worldview we choose to accept determines how we live our lives and how we influence those around us.